NUTS-3 NL114 · Netherlands
Oost-Groningen
Oost-Groningen generates €4.9bn of GDP across 139.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +1.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (88th EU percentile) and weakest for health (31.5th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Digital readiness96
Talent & skills92
Freight intensity69
Connectivity67
Labour market64
Energy cost61
Quality of life59
Resilience53
Cost advantage52
Growth momentum46
Economic base39
Industrial base38
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.2
Livability59.3
Market access67
Economic scale29
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability2
Labour stability51
Diversification79
Demographic stability78
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
67
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density59
Airport access75
Market access67
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
91.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary96
Lifelong learning95
Knowledge workers89
Scientists & engineers86
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
59.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy43.5
Jobs56.5
Education88
Health31.5
Safety59
Connectivity77.5
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
46.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-4.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.7 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 30.4%Diversified · HHI 2082
Agriculture 5%Industry 22.1%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 15.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.8%Public · health · education 30.4%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€4,856M2024
1.5% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Population
139,1912025
0.9% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Employment
59,0002024
3.3% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Gross value added
€4,358M2024
1.3% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
All indicators · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,358M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€216M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — industry (B–E)
€962M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€635M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — construction (F)
€297M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€685M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,100
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,200
2024 · EU pctl 51
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,193M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€504M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,058M
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€353M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — information & communication (J)
€73M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€820M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,324M
2023 · EU pctl 44
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,000
2024 · EU pctl 22
Self-employed persons
11,400
2023 · EU pctl 40
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,700
2023 · EU pctl 14
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.1%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,850
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise births
946
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
594
2023 · EU pctl 32
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
45.0%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
60.3%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
26.8%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.2%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.5%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
565,236
2024 · EU pctl 35
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
507 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
672
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,235 kt
2025 · EU pctl 38
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
483
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
46 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
84,125
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged 65+
36,050
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
19,016
2025 · EU pctl 26
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 74
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.9%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of total population change
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Live births
1,062
2024 · EU pctl 27
Deaths
1,837
2024 · EU pctl 29
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
186 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 62
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,078 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
264 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 39
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 0
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Environment
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.9%
2021 · EU pctl 37
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